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Top builders to join with WBCSDThe World Business Council for Sustainable Development announced today that it is forming an alliance of leading global companies to determine how buildings can be designed and constructed so that...News - 30 March 2006 |
Municipal Waste Bound for KingstonLafarge Canada has applied for approvals to burn waste from Ontario, Quebec, and eight US states at its cement plant in Bath. This proposal has activists worried. "The Bath Alternative Fuel projec...News - 30 March 2006 |
Portland Cement quizzed on auditing proceduresAnalysts have asked Portland Cement Limited, whose majority shareholder is Lafarge, to engage an independent auditing firm to investigate the financial scam that has resulted in the loss of K258 m...News - 30 March 2006 |
Submissions filed against Lafarge proposalLake Ontario Waterkeeper and Gord Downie have filed an official submission to the Ministry of Environment recommending that Lafarge’s request to burn tires and other waste at its cement kiln in Ba...News - 29 March 2006 |
Lafarge to participate in Mexican grey-cement marketLafarge is to participate in the Mexican grey-cement market from late April. The company is to start operations in its Hidalgo plant, which demanded an investment of US$121m. The plant will produc...News - 28 March 2006 |
Lafarge North America rejects buyoutLafarge North America (LNA) said Friday, March 23, that a committee of board members had rejected a US$3bn buyout offer from its French parent, Lafarge SA. The committee considers the bid of US$75...News - 27 March 2006 |
Lafarge interested in Semen GresikLafarge SA has reportedly expressed its seriousness in buying Cemex Asia Holdings’s 25.53 per cent in PT Semen Gresik at market price. The serious commitment of Lafarge, confided one executive kno...News - 27 March 2006 |
HeidelbergCement wants more consolidationHeidelbergCement AG believes it should play a major role in the consolidation of the cement industry and wants to make a further acquisition, CEO Bernd Scheifele said in an interview with Boersen-...News - 27 March 2006 |
WWF and Bamburi Cement in conservation effortVisiting World wide Fund for nature (WWF) Director General, Jan Leape has called on both the private sector and government to boost forests and woodlands conservation as part of the global agenda ...News - 27 March 2006 |
Dunbar emissions controlScottish Dunbar cement works has passed a milestone in its GBP 20m programme to reduce emissions and improve environmental performance. A pre-cyclone system has been commissioned at Lafarge Cemen...News - 22 March 2006 |